plaice
plaice Lexical Profile
plaice Game Scores & Validity
• noun
British The mild-flavored, white flesh of this flatfish, commonly battered, fried, or baked and eaten as food.
"For dinner, we ordered crispy battered plaice served with a generous portion of chips and mushy peas."
A commercially important marine flatfish (Pleuronectes platessa) of the righteye flounder family, native to the European shelf of the North Atlantic, characterized by a smooth brown skin with distinctive red or orange spots.
"The marine biologist recorded a significant population of plaice thriving near the sandy sea floor."
Word Nuance & Usage
Often confused in spelling with its homophone 'place'. In culinary contexts, it specifically refers to a mild-flavored flatfish popular in European cuisine.
• Rhymes for plaice
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English playce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pleis, derived from Late Latin platessa ('flatfish'), which ultimately traces to the Greek platys meaning 'broad' or 'flat'.
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